[pianotech] Saturday Appointments

[Barbara Richmond]

Hi Ed, 

Well, it depends on how sacred your Saturdays are. They are to me, so I don't do Saturdays--except for occasional concert gigs. I do schedule some very early morning appointments where I arrive at the customer's house before they go to work and then let myself out when the job is done--or some other variation on the theme. I've had a few folks who refused to work with me and so they found someone else. That's OK with me, my schedule is important to me--I also have the luxury of not being dependent on my salary alone. But, even early in my career, as a single and independent tech, I rarely scheduled Saturdays. I was a little reluctant to take the university job that was offered to me because I didn't want to give up my weekends. I took the position, but only came in on weekends for concert work (no studios). 

Do what you can live with! 

Barbara Richmond, RPT 
near Peoria, Illinois 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Sutton" <ed440 at mindspring.com> 
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org> 
Sent: Saturday, August 1, 2009 10:02:41 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central 
Subject: [pianotech] Saturday Appointments 


I'm considering establishing a policy of "No Saturday Appointments." 
It began as a favor to a customer who lived nearby, when they both began working away from home weekdays. 
Once you make a Saturday appointment, you have a customer who will demand Saturday only appointments, and it doesn't take very many of those to claim most (soon all) available Saturdays. 
How have others dealt with this? 
Ed S. 
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